Balancing ecosystem values : innovative experiments for sustainable forestry : August 15-20, 2004 / Charles E. Peterson and Douglas A. Maguire, editors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Peterson, Charles Edward

Maguire, Douglas A. (Douglas Alan)

Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)

Series:

General technical report PNW ; 635.

General technical report PNW ; 635

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable forestry.

Forest reserves--Multiple use.

Forest reserves.

Forest management--Research.

Forest management.

Forests and forestry--Multiple use.

Forests and forestry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Or. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2005]

Summary:

"Balancing Ecosystem Values: Innovative Experiments for Sustainable Forestry is a compendium of more than 40 contributions from Asia, Europe, and North America. The theme encompasses experiments implemented at an operational scale to test ecological, social, or economic responses to silvicultural treatments designed to balance the complex set of objectives currently targeted in sustainable forest management. Several invited and plenary papers emphasize the variety of outcomes demanded by the public, as well as the essential role that these long-term studies will play in allowing natural resource managers to make better-informed, science-based decisions. A broad spectrum of silvicultural treatments and systems are covered, as are simulation runs with different types of models and discussion about design challenges for scaling up from stands to landscapes. Diverse forest ecosystems, stand structures and plant, animal, and fungal species are also considered. The conference included 2 days in the field where participants saw several types of the comprehensive field experiments firsthand. The conference concluded with a critique from state, private, and public land managers."

Contents:

Adaptive management for biodiversity in managed forests

it can be done

Long-term studies: the basis for science-based resource management

Forest management: science-based and understandable

Long-term forest experiments: the need to convert data into knowledge

Design challenges in large-scale management experiments

Integrating natural disturbance parameters into conventional silvicultural systems: experience from the Acadian forest of northeastern North America

Do innovative experiments lead to innovative silvicultural systems?

Development of stand structure in young Douglas-fir plantations

Tree and understory responses to variable-density thinning in western Washington

Application of simulation models to the design and analysis of silvicultural systems in British Columbia

Scaling up from stands to landscapes

Active Intentional Management (AIM) for biodiversity and other forest values

Vegetation response to alternative thinning treatments in young Douglas-fir stands

Results from green-tree retention experiments: ectomycorrhizal fungi

Green-tree retention in managed forests: post-harvest responses of salamanders

Fate of Taxa after variable-retention harvesting in Douglas-fir forests of the northwestern United States

Restorative management of Boreal forest stands with and without fire: an experimental approach (abstract)

Balancing ecosystem values: a manager's perspective

Public land manager's perspective: the need for innovative experiments for sustainable forestry.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 19, 2005).

"May 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023.

Other Format:

Balancing ecosystem values

OCLC:

61295541

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